Municipio Tepezalá
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Aguascalientes |
| Seat | Tepezalá |
| surface | 232.7 km² |
| Residents | 19,668 (2010) |
| density | 84.5 inhabitants per km² |
| founding | 1857 |
| INEGI no. | 01009 |
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| Presidente municipal | Omar Israel Camarillo |
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Coordinates: 22 ° 14 ′ N , 102 ° 11 ′ W
Tepezalá is the name of one of the eleven Municipios of the Mexican state of Aguascalientes . The administrative seat and largest place of the municipality is the eponymous Tepezalá . The municipality has 19,668 inhabitants (2010) and covers an area of 232.7 km².
geography
The municipality of Tepezalá is located in the northeast of the state of Aguascalientes at an altitude between 1900 m and 2600 m . It belongs entirely to the physiographic province of the Mesa del Centro . The municipality is located in the catchment area of the Río Lerma and thus drains into the Pacific . The geology of the municipality is composed of 61% alluvion , 20% mica schist , 12% sedimentary rock and 7% rhyolite tuff ; Soil type of 55% of the municipality is the Durisol with 29% Leptosol and 13% Calcisol . About 60% of the community area is used for arable farming, 28% is covered by shrubland, and about 12% is pasture land.
The municipality of Tepezalá borders the municipalities Rincón de Romos , Asientos and Pabellón de Arteaga, as well as the state of Zacatecas .
population
In the 2010 census, 19,668 people were counted in 4,446 residential units in the municipality. Of these, 49 people were registered as speakers of an indigenous language . About 5.9% of the population were illiterate. 6,413 inhabitants were registered as economically active, of which approx. 78% were men and approx. 10.3% were unemployed. A good six percent of the population lived in extreme poverty.
places
The municipality of Tepezalá comprises 91 inhabited localidades , of which the main town and San Antonio are classified as urban by the INEGI . Four places had a population of over 1000 in the 2010 census, another 15 places had at least 100 inhabitants. The biggest places are:
| place | Residents |
| Tepezalá | 4511 |
| San Antonio | 3345 |
| El chayote | 1817 |
| Carboneras | 1261 |
| Ojo de Agua de los Montes | 934 |
| Los Alamitos | 911 |
| Mesillas | 878 |
Web links
- Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México: Municipio Tepezalá (Spanish)
- INEGI : Datos Geográficos: Municipio Tepezalá (Spanish; PDF)
